[SOLVED] Hard disk trouble

[Ankur Sinha]

On Fri, 2010-09-03 at 09:01 -0700, James Mckenzie wrote:
> Ankur Sinha <sanjay.ankur at gmail.com> wrote:
> >Sent: Sep 3, 2010 7:57 AM
> >To: users at lists.fedoraproject.org
> >Subject: Hard disk trouble
> >
> >hi,
> >
> >I've plugged in my harddisk via a SATA/IDE to USB converter to my
> >laptop. The device is created as /dev/sdb, but fdisk -l or parted,
> >gparted do not show it as a drive. 
> >
> >Here's the dmesg output:
> >
> >> scsi8 : usb-storage 1-2:1.0
> >> scsi 8:0:0:0: Direct-Access     USB TO I DE/SATA Device   0041 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
> >> sd 8:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
> >> sd 8:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI disk
> >
> >How do I access my drive? I intend to format it etc. and then set up
> >fedora 13 on it. 
> >
> Look at the device name, it is sdc not sdb.
> 
> James McKenzie

The converter was faulty. 

Wasted all our time, sorry. 



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Ankur 

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